Ron Jaworski isn’t an “old school” kind of football guy. When he’s calling a game, he’d rather watch a 38-35 shootout than a 9-6 defensive slugfest.

Which is why he’s pretty fired up about tonight’s game between the Dolphins and Patriots. Between Tom Brady and the Pats’ aerial assault, the emergence of Chad Henne and his new receivers and the shakiness of both teams’ secondaries, “Jaws” predicts a “slot machine game” and a lot of points tonight.

“As an old quarterback, these are the kinds of games you love to cover,” Jaworski said Monday afternoon at Sun Life Stadium, as the ESPN Monday Night Football crew held a “Chalk Talk” for selected fans and media in advance of tonight’s game.

Jaworski, a former 17-year NFL quarterback who now spends hours each week locked into the video vault at NFL Films breaking down game tape, raved about Dolphins quarterback Chad Henne, whom he said is “ascending at a nice pace every single week.”

“It’s not up and down, up and down,” Jaworski said. “I see improvements in his game all the time, and he’s being well-coached.”

Expect Jaworski to also talk a lot tonight about receivers Brandon Marshall and Davone Bess and outside linebacker Cameron Wake, after raving about each player during Monday’s luncheon.

On Bess: “Everyone’s talking about Wes Welker. Davone Bess is in that category. Those two slot guys are just phenomenal receivers.”

On Wake: “Cameron Wake is going to be critical, because they don’t have a pure (pass-rushing) guy except him. If you’re going to give up on Joey Porter and Jason Taylor, you better have a guy that can replace them. And I think (Wake) has that skillset. I’ve studied him over the last three weeks, and this guy can get to the quarterback.”

On Marshall: “He’s got an 18-inch hand radius – in other words, he’s got a catcher’s glove,” Jaworski said. “The ball is in the air, it’s his ball, he owns it. … His footwork is really amazing.”

Jaworski also defended Marshall, who took some heat from NFL Network analysts this week for supposedly dogging it at the end of last week’s loss to the Jets. Jaworski called that criticism “bullsh*t,” pointing out that any receiver in the NFL would be gassed after after catching 10 passes for 166 yards, including a 30-plus yard run on the previous play.

“And I’m not defending him. I’m just stating the facts as I saw them,” Jaworski said. “He just made an unbelievable play, catches the ball, making people miss, he’s run about 60 yards, it’s hot, it’s humid. Was he gassed a little? Absolutely. Usain Bolt would’ve been a little gassed after what he went through.”

Jaworski said if anyone deserves blame, it’s the Dolphins’ coaches for calling plays designed for Marshall – specifically a fade pass on first down – when Marshall was still catching his breath.

“He wasn’t ready. Not that he wasn’t in shape, he was just gassed at that game, and that’s no big deal, a lot of guys get gassed in this game,” Jaworski said. “If I’m looking at Harold Carmichael and Mike Quick and they’re trying to catch their breath, I’m not giving them the ball. I’ll wait ’til they catch their breath.”